Blender no longer runs

[DNorman]

@bill2reg

I am not trying to run anything that is not supported

Blender does not run on Windows 7 since 3.0.

Even Microsoft do not give support for windows 7.

Blender 3.0 on Windows 7

Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft. And hasn’t been for 2 years. Staying on a OS that doesn’t receive updates is a giant security risk. Trying to continue to support the api calls of win 7 within blender; creates a ton of coding overhead and work arounds. source: [Untitled] (developers response from this forum thread https://devtalk.blender.org/t/windows-7-support-dropped-for-what-reason/22880/20)

You need to update Windows.

(or use a modern version of Linux )